Disaggregated Power Fueling the Next Wave of AI Platforms Presented by Microsoft

"Jason Adrian (General Manager- Azure Platform Architecture- Microsoft) - Microsoft

AI platforms have quickly shifted the industry from rack powers near 20 kilowatts to a hundred kilowatts and beyond in just the span of a few years. To enable the largest pod size within a physical rack domain- and enable scalability between platforms- we are moving to a disaggregated power rack architecture. Our disaggregated power rack is called Mt Diablo and comes in both 48 Volt and 400 Volt flavors. This shift enables us to leverage more of the IT rack for AI accelerators and at the same time gives us the flexibility to scale the power to meet the needs of today‚as platforms and the platforms of the future. This forward thinking strategy enables us to move faster and foster collaboration to power the world‚as most complex AI systems."